Enormocast 308: Angela Vanwiemeersch: The Stars Not Wanted

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

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🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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On Episode 308 of the Enormocast, Alpinist Angela Vanwiemeersch returns after over a decade since her first interview on the show. That interview featured a spunky overstoked girl who had more or less just discovered climbing. She had been ushered into the big leagues by association with her then boyfriend, Scott Adamson. Scott’s “no weak …

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Enormo cast.
0:06.3	Oh, hello!
0:08.0	We have reached this remote mountain crag,
0:10.9	an elusive hope of finding one of the most majestic and fearsome creatures known to climbers,
0:16.7	the Sportiva Squammer.
0:19.2	Now we wait,
0:21.6	aspiring to hear its lonesome and august call.
0:25.9	Squamma!
0:26.9	Squamma!
0:28.6	Ah, what good fortune!
0:30.8	The cliff before us abounds with this daunting creature,
0:34.6	often appearing on boulders and crags and pairs.
0:37.6	The Sportiva squama is a fierce predator, known for its diverse hunting skills and sleek movement.
0:45.1	Observe as they use tiny edges, dimples, smears, and even the occasional toe or heel hook
0:50.8	to close in on their prey, set up, and leap for the kill.
0:57.8	Oh my stars, what do we have here?
1:00.5	Ah yes, a gentle and beautiful mating pair of vegan squamas.
1:05.1	Though these gorgeous green-coated creatures are just as nimble as their lethal brethren,
1:10.3	the vegan squama remains an herbivore living peacefully among its fellow woodland creatures without harm.
1:17.2	And you too can go to sportiva.com, or your favorite local climbing shop to observe, hold,
1:24.4	and maybe even pet a Sportiva squama yourself.
1:28.6	But please be wary, because once released on your local rocks, the Sportiva squama will run wild and free
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